Nigeria’s first lady, Oluremi Tinubu, is currently in Owerri, Imo state capital, to attend the annual August meeting with Igbo women.
August meeting is an annual congress held by the Igbo women in August, it is a massive homecoming whereby Igbo women in the diaspora and the cities travel back to their matrimonial villages to meet with their local counterparts to discuss matters about community development, Conflict Management, human development, and other socio-economic and cultural initiatives.
The meeting is usually a three-day ritual and it is divided into three parts, the first is held at the village level, the second within the community, and the third is held in churches where thanksgivings are held to mark the end of the meeting.
In a video shared by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) via Twitter on Friday, September 1, Oluremi Tinubu was seen coming down from an aircraft in Owerri, amid cheers and cameramen taking shots of her.
Recall that the first lady had expressed her readiness to partner with the United Nations and its sister agencies to address various areas of concern, including the role of women in public life, increased participation in the economy, ending gender-based violence, child labour, and the scourge of out-of-school children.
She disclosed this when the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, and his team paid her a courtesy visit at the State House Abuja in July.
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First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu in Owerri, Imo State capital for Imo women August meeting 2023. pic.twitter.com/wqoTlfcWtX
— NTA News (@NTANewsNow) September 1, 2023
